Cops In Berwyn Kill 2 Pit Bulls After Attack On Woman, Smaller Dog

BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) — Police in west suburban Berwyn shot and killed a couple of pit bulls Thursday morning, after one of them went after a woman and her small dog.

WBBM Newsradio ‘s Bernie Tafoya reports, shortly after 7:30 a.m., a woman was walking her small dog near 27th Street and Ridgeland Avenue, when a pit bull escaped from its yard and went after the little dog.

Berwyn police said the woman quickly picked up her dog, but the pit bull kept attacking. It killed the smaller dog and injured the woman, who was taken to McNeal Hospital.